Exotic pets

Topics Reception
This unit is part of Animals Pets

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Objectives

Early learning goals

Know about similarities and differences in relation to living things.
Talk about the features of the immediate environment and how environments might vary from one another.
Make observations of animals and plants and explain why some things occur.
Be confident when speaking in a familiar group, talk about ideas, and choose the resources needed for the chosen activity.
Sing songs, make music and dance.
Safely use and explore a variety of materials, tools and techniques, experimenting with colour, design, texture, form and function.

Lesson Planning

Discuss exotic pets, make posters, paper chain snakes, playdough snakes, and junk model exotic habitats.

Teaching Outcomes
To learn about different types of pets including exotic ones and how they might need special care.

Children will:

Present a part of their learning.
Begin to understand that animals are different (e.g. reptiles and mammals) and need different things.
Learn a new song and join in with the parts they know.

Planning

Provided Resources

Pictures of mammal babies
My Exotic pet sheet

Unit Resources

You Will Need

Walking with my Iguana poem by Brian Moses
Parrot template
Possibly visit from parent who owns an exotic pet
I Want a Pet by Lauren Child
Coloured paper for paper chains
Googly eyes
Matchsticks
Playdough
Masking tape
Tweezers
Plastic bugs
Junk modelling
Coloured feathers

Weblinks

Exotic pets from rspca.org.uk
Lady walking her iguana − YouTube clip
Walking my iguana poem from poetryarchive.org